Bypass surgery? Are you referring to bypass systems found in pedals? You got that right. True-bypass seems to many as a something that will make them play better. I thought i’d like open up and let you know what i think about different bypass and switching methods. From outside, sort of generalizing, there are just…
Category: Colorless Writings
Colorless writings, part 4 – The Builder
Let’s take a look at me as a builder with a slightly longer article… So you build pedals? How did it start? Yes. I’ve built quite a few by now. It started out by accident. A happy accident. Back when i though myself as very average pedal user, still relying on my two channel amp…
Colorless writings, part 3 – The Madness
Third part of these articles takes a look on the madness that eats up every tone freak person. Madness? What are you talking about? Dealing with used gear, guitars, effect, amps, you name it, you’ll need to be in contact with the people who are more or less tone freaks. It is rare that you…
Colorless writings, part 2 – The Collector
Second article in this series. I’ll be asking myself questions about collecting these damn things. Why are you collecting guitar effect pedals? Well. I guess i’ve been sort of an addict to something for all my life. I decided that ~1250 title record shelf should be enough as a personal library. To some, that’s peanuts….
Colorless writings, part 1 – The Dark Ages
After each 10 or so pedal posts, i might try writing something different on the subject for a change. On this series of articles, i ask myself questions about some stuff i’ve been thinking. All these notes are based on my personal heresy and opinions. My articles should never be looked as hard facts. I…